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Topping pears to limit height

14 years ago

I've come to the point where I have a Bartlett on seedling rootstock that's 11' in height. I've read, but never performed the pruning of the main leader, in order to limit height without promoting new growth. I want to keep it at 10".

Has the time come?

Thanks.

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Comments (3)

alan haigh
14 years ago
The sooner you do it the smaller the wound, although such a wound shouldn't pose much of a problem for a healthy tree. Prune down to a decent sized branch if you can.
Noogy
Original Author
14 years ago
Hman,
The diameter is at 1/2 inch. And I loose about 18". I'm thinking about holding off to get one more set up there.
Thanks.
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alan haigh
14 years ago
Either way.

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